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Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Questions for Hiring Organizations - Alumni

racial equity and support students and alumni who are searching for organizations that are committed to these same principles. Below is a sample of questions to enable HBS students and alumni to have thoughtful conversations with hiring View Details

08 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 8, 2006

Barron Abstract This study considers organizational artifacts as triggers of procedural justice expectations, showing the effects of one artifact—an organizational wait queue—on perceived procedural justice.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2010
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We then introduce a framework that provides a unified perspective on these research streams, thereby highlighting some important areas for future research and policy analysis in entrepreneurial finance. Organizational Designs and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

Date: December 7-8, 2007 Faculty Chairs: Teresa Amabile, Mukti Khaire Faculty Summary Report: What were the overall goals of the event? To elucidate the antecedents, facilitators, and consequences of creativity in the organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

01 Oct 1999
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Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp Paine told participants at an HBS... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

full pay to work for community organizations. At IBM, on the recommendation of eight workforce diversity task forces consisting of company employees (Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Gay/Lesbian, People with Disabilities, White Male, Women), View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

April 2002 (Revised May 2005)
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GE's Digital Revolution: Redefining the E in GE

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Glinska

This case details the implementation of the e-business initiative--the last of Jack Welch's four company-wide strategic thrusts. First, it summarizes the 20-year change process that Welch led, detailing the initiatives he put in place. It then traces how Gerry Podesta,... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Corporate Strategy; Internet and the Web

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15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

our statistical results with qualitative information from interviews, which highlighted the importance of reinforcing the organizational goals’ message and providing support for their attainment. We also show more favorable effects for... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

independent social rating agency and avoids selection issues by taking advantage of a natural experiment that arose when the agency expanded the scope of its ratings. We find empirical support for our hypotheses and present implications for View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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the Business Environment," which focused on external influences affecting business enterprises, particularly political, demographic, cultural, and technological shifts in society at large. Organizational Development in the Inner City In... View Details

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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

May 2000
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GE Compilation: Jack Welch 1981-1999

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Excerpts of videotaped presentations and interviews with Jack Welch in five different time periods from 1981 to 1999. Welch comments on progress on GE's strategic, organizational, and managerial transformation, and his own role in leading that change. View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy

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10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

competitor's action as both a threat and an opportunity. Here are organizational and process changes that can help meet the challenge.It's one thing to recognize the importance of careful framing when you're faced with a disruptive... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

organization performance in his book Win From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage. Your feedback to last month’s column: Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”? The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Sep 2019
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The School that Donham Built

government, became his mentor and continued to support his studies through law school. Donham specialized in corporate restructuring as a vice president at Boston’s Old Colony Trust Company and won wide praise from both labor and View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
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Asda (B)

By: Michael Beer and James Weber

Describes Archie Norman's efforts over a five-year period to turn around the company by regaining financial control, delivering management, creating experimental projects where individuals felt free to innovate, instituting a back-to-roots strategy that put customers... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Customer Relationship Management; Governance Controls; Innovation and Invention; Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry

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19 Apr 2016
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First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

just by changing something minor in the onboarding process." Identity Experiments In the field experiment, the researchers divided batches of new call agents into an individual identity group, an organizational identity group, and a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Feb 2002
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HBS Press Books in Brief

evidence that links organizational success or failure to “primal leadership.” They argue that a leader’s emotions are contagious and must resonate energy and enthusiasm if an organization is to thrive. Cultivating Communities of Practice:... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

1998
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A Theory of the Firm's Knowledge-Creation Dynamics

By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Creativity; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Management; Business Ventures; Organizational Design

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September 1988 (Revised January 1989)
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Unisys: The Merger of Burroughs and Sperry

Mike Blumenthal, CEO of Burroughs, successfully executes the merger of Burroughs and Sperry in 1986. The case discusses the putting together of the two firms in a fast time period in order to achieve cost savings, high earnings, and an integrated culture. Blumenthal... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation

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